The University of St.Gallen in Switzerland owns an impressive collection of art which covers a span of more than 50 years and which has been integrated into the architecture of the University. Notable artists such as Alberto Giacometti, Gerhard Richter, Georges Bracque, Hans Arp, Alexander Calder, Antoni Tàpies, Joan Miró, Enzo Cucchi, Mimmo Paladino, and Yan Pei-Ming are all part of the collection.

In addition to this collection, Art@Tell was launched in 2013 as a separate project. It aims to offer a platform to visual artists who are currently not represented by art dealers or gallerists.

Twice a year, independent artists have the opportunity to submit projects for a recently acquired building of the University at Tellstrasse 2 in St.Gallen. A curator will choose 5 projects from the applications received that will then be exhibited for six months in the school building. Applications can be made for one of the 5 space options specifically (please see separate documents on our website for options available) or without any particular space in mind. The final decision on the space allotted to the selected projects is made by the curator.

The University will assume the full costs for transport of the artwork, as well as for the artist’s travel to Switzerland for the installation and opening of the exhibition.

The first call for artists resulted in a compelling number of 750 applications. The five projects chosen by Ms. Tamar Ette, the curator of the first edition in 2013, were inaugurated on January 17, 2014, and will be exhibited until the end of July 2014.
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The second edition of Art@Tell will be curated by Ms. Deborah Keller and will be opened at the beginning of September 2014.

Conditions for Applicants

– Preferably the applicant has concluded his/her studies at an acclaimed art academy.

– The applicant is not supported by a gallery, art consultant, or any other kind of commercial professional.

Proposals for sculptures, installations and performances are just as welcome as are paintings, drawings, photographs, or video works.

Required Application Documents 

– Short written description of the project in English (one page maximum) and sketches, visualizations or, if already available, photographs of it.

– Portfolio of the artist’s work in general.

– Short CV in tabular form and full exhibition history.

– Copy of the diploma certificate from the art academy where the applicant has graduated.

– Optional: two to four catalog or newspaper articles, reviews, texts (online editions are welcome too) on works or exhibitions of the artist.

Please note: All documents must be provided in a PDF format or, for images, in JPEG (with no more than 5 MB per image) and sent to art-tellstrasse@unisg.ch

wetransfer.com, yousendit.com, or dropbox.com are suggested for transferring the documents.

Selection Procedure

Application deadline extended until Friday, April 25, 2014. Applications received after this deadline cannot be considered.
Please note: incomplete applications that do not contain all the above listed documents will not be considered.

Due to the high number of applications expected, it will not be possible to answer all emails immediately. Within the course of two weeks, applicants will receive a confirmation of receipt. All applications will be evaluated by the curator within one month’s time.
20 candidates whose projects are selected for a final evaluation will be asked to hand in a short spoken statement (no more than 3 minutes) on their project recorded on video (high quality is not required).

By the beginning of May 2014, the 5 artists whose projects were selected from the 20 final candidates will be informed and the planning for the realization of the projects and shipping of the artworks can get started.
The 20 projects that made it to the final selection will be published on our website.
All candidates that were not chosen for the exhibition will receive a message by the beginning of June 2014.
Please note: due to the high number of applicants it will not be possible to give specific explanations on the decisions taken.

For any questions, please contact the Art@Tell curator Deborah Keller at art-tellstrasse@unisg.ch.

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